Putnams' Series of Popular Manuals.
HALF-HOURS WITH THE MICROSCOPE.
By EDWIN LANKESTER, M.D., F.R.S. Illustrated by 250 Drawingsfrom Nature. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.
"This beautiful little volume is a very complete manual for the amateur microscopist. *** The 'Half-Hours' are filled with clear and agreeable descriptions, whilst eight plates, executed with the most beautiful minuteness and sharpness, exhibit no less than 250 objects with the utmost attainable distinctness."--_Critic_.
HALF-HOURS WITH THE TELESCOPE:
Being a popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a means ofAmusement and Instruction. Adapted to inexpensive instruments. By R.A. PROCTOR, B.A., F.R.A.S. 12mo, cloth, with illustrations onstone and wood. Price, $1.25.
"It is crammed with starry plates on wood and stone, and among the celestial phenomena described or figured, by far the larger number may be profitably examined with small telescopes."--_Illustrated Times._
HALF-HOURS WITH THE STARS:
A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations, showingin 12 Maps, the Position of the Principal Star-Groups Night afterNight throughout the Year, with introduction and a separateexplanation of each Map. True for every Year. By RICHARD A.PROCTOR, B.A., F.R.A.S. Demy 4to. Price, $2.25.
"Nothing so well calculated to give a rapid and thorough knowledge of the position of the stars in the firmament has ever been designed or published hitherto. Mr. Proctor's 'Half-Hours with the Stars' will become a text-book in all schools, and an invaluable aid to all teachers of the young."--_Weekly Times._
MANUAL OF POPULAR PHYSIOLOGY:
Being an Attempt to Explain the Science of Life in UntechnicalLanguage. By HENRY LAWSON, M.D. 18mo, with 90 Illustrations.Price, $1.25.
Man's Mechanism, Life, Force, Food, Digestion, Respiration, Heat, theSkin, the Kidneys, Nervous System, Organs of Sense, &c., &c., &c.
"Dr. Lawson has succeeded in rendering his manual amusing as well as instructive. All the great facts in human physiology are presented to the reader successively; and either for private reading or for classes, this manual will be found well adapted for initiating the uninformed into the mysteries of the structure and function of their own bodies."--_Athenaeum._
WOMAN BEFORE THE LAW.
By JOHN PROFFATT, LL.B., of the New York Bar.
Contents.--I. Former Status of Women. II. Legal Conditions of Marriage. III. Personal Rights and Disabilities of the Wife. IV. Rights of Property, Real and Personal. V. Dower. VI. Reciprocal Rights and Duties of Mother and Children. VII. Divorce.
12mo, cloth, $1. Half bound, $1.25.
BASTIAT. SOPHISMS OF PROTECTION.
By FREDERIC BASTIAT. With Preface by HORACE WHITE.Cloth. Price $1.00.
REEVES. The Students' Own Speaker. A Manual of Oratory
By Paul Reeves. 12mo, boards, 75 cts.; cloth, 90 cts.
The "Student's Own Book," by Paul Reeves, which forms the first of the Handy-Book Series, is notable among other points in giving "a good deal for the money." The amount of matter in this book, which is in clear and neat, though small type, fully equals that in other books of twice the size and cost. It contains many new pieces not to be found in any of the school text-books. It aims to meet the wants of a large number outside of the school-room, while it is also well adapted for school use.
The _Philadelphia Inquirer_ says of it:
"The general rules laid down, and the suggestions thrown out, are excellent, while the pieces furnished for declamation are well chosen. The book is one deserving a wide circulation."
Another good authority says:
"We have never before seen a collection so admirably adapted for its purpose. Prose and verse, humor, eloquence, description, alteration, burlesque discourse of every kind.... For schools, clubs, and fireside amusement, it will be found an almost inexhaustible source of entertainment.... The instruction ... is sensible and practical."
RICHARDSON. House Building. From a Cottage to a Mansion.
A Practical Guide to Members of Building Societies, and all interestedin selecting or Building a House. By C. J. Richardson, Architect,author of "Old English Mansions." With 600 illustrations. Crown 8vo,cloth extra, $3.50.
RITCHIE. The Romance of History--France. By Leitch Ritchie.Illustrated. 12mo, cloth extra, $2.50.
ROGERS. Social Economy. By Prof. E. Thorold Rogers (Tooke Professorof Economic Science, Oxford, England), editor of "Smith's Wealth ofNations." Revised and edited for American readers. 12mo, cloth, 75cts.
This little volume gives in the compass of 150 pages, concise yet comprehensive answers to the most important questions of Social Economy. The relations of men to each other, the nature of property, the meaning of capital, the position of the laborer, the definition of money, the work of government, the character of business, are all set forth with clearness and scientific thoroughness. The book, from its simplicity and the excellence of its instruction, is especially adapted for use in schools, while the information it contains is of value and interest to all classes of readers.
"It is this sort of knowledge that is contained in Prof. Rogers' book, which we cannot too highly recommend to the use of teachers, students, and the general public."--_American Athenaeum_.
ROGERS. The Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers. Including "Italy,""Columbus," "Pleasures of Memory," etc., with portrait. 12mo, clothextra, $1.50; half calf, $3.50.
SEGUIN. A Manual of Thermometry. For Mothers, Nurses, and all whohave charge of the Sick and the Young. By Edward Seguin, M.D. 12mo,cloth, 75 cts.
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